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New York Times: Letter to the Editor
Tuesday, July 22, 2010: Aid for Africa Executive Director writes a letter to the editor asking that as research on promising HIV/AIDS prevention moves forward, effective programs already in place not be shortchanged.
Newsweek: Trees for the Future’s Work in Haiti Suggests Trees are Key to Recovery
Friday: July 16: Trees for the Future has been helping people living on degraded land to improve their lives through environmentally sound development projects in Africa and throughout the world. Nowhere is the need greater than in Haiti. Read more
CNN: Invisible Children Volunteer Killed in Uganda Was Dedicated to Service
Tuesday, July 13, 2010: Nate Henn, the 25-year-old former University of Delaware rugby player who died in the Kampala, Uganda, bomb blast on Sunday, July 11, joined the nonprofit Invisible Children last year and spent much of his time as an unpaid volunteer, traveling with the group around the United States. Learn more
New York Times: Museum for African Art Will Be Only Second Devoted to African Art in US
Sunday, June 20, 2010: When the Museum for African Art opens its new building at 110th and Broadway in New York in 2011, it will be only the second museum in the US devoted solely to African art. The first is the National Museum of Art in Washington, DC. Read more
Rwanda Times: Books For Africa Donates 22,000 Books in English and Kinjanwanda
Wednesday, June 9, 2010: Forty one schools are set to benefit from Books for Africa project by receiving 22,000 textbooks published in both English and Kinjanwanda for pre-primary and primary school children. Read more.
Animal Planet: Great Ape Trust Celebrates Rare Bonobo Birth
June 3, 2010–Teco, the first bonobo to be born at the Great Ape Trust, is a rare gift. Read more
Forbes: Can this Bicycle Save Lives? World Bicycle Relief Delivers Better Lives through Bicycles
May 10, 2010, New York: World Bicycle Relief’s founder F. K.Day is working to get millions of people in Sub Saharan Africa onto heavy-duty bikes designed to withstand rough roads and carry up to 200 pounds of cargo. Read More
Fast Company Magazine: Ashesi University Founder Named one of 100 Most Creative People in 2010
May 2010: Ashesi University founder Patrick Awuah was named one of 100 most creative people in business for 2010 by New York’s Fast Company magazine. Read more
Op-Ed in Wall Street Journal by Aid for Africa Member Africa Fighting Malaria
April 8, 2010: About those malaria goals–Modern science, including insecticides, saves lives. Too bad environmentalists and regulators, from Washington to Brussels, are so eager to stop it. Read more
Financial Times: Patrick Awuah’s Ashesi University Sets High Standards to Mold Africa’s Future Leaders
Thursday, January 28, 2010: Some say that the most powerful way to change the world is to educate its future leaders. This is certainly the view of Patrick Awuah, founder and president of Ghana’s Ashesi University. Read More